Apple, publishers settle e-book pricing case with European Commission - December 17, 2012
Four major publishers and Apple have reportedly settled a case with European antitrust regulators after negotiations began in September, ending an ongoing row over e-book price fixing. Apple, along with HarperCollins, Hachette Livre, Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck-owned Macmillan and CBS-owned Simon… Read More
Website for new open-access journal, eLife, launched - December 17, 2012
eLife, a new open-access journal for outstanding advances in life science and biomedicine, reveals a fresh approach to presenting and using scientific content on its new website. In June 2011, three leading research funders came together in a unique collaboration to inspire change in science… Read More
Publishing Technology ends landmark year with new launch - December 17, 2012
Publishing-specific software solutions provider Publishing Technology plc, UK, marked the end of a highly successful year by announcing a major go live for its customer, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). Developed on Publishing Technology's pub2web platform, the IET's Digital Library has become the organisation's… Read More
Version One of new STN available in beta for fixed fee customers - December 14, 2012
The STN partners - Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) and FIZ Karlsruhe - have announced that Version One of the new STN platform is now available in beta for fixed fee customers. This is stated to be the first major milestone in a… Read More
Royal Society of Chemistry acquires The Merck Index - December 14, 2012
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has announced that The Merck Index will join the highly acclaimed publishing portfolio of the Society. In buying the rights to the iconic reference book, where generations of professionals look for comprehensive information on chemicals, drugs and biologicals, the RSC… Read More
Thomson Reuters re-launches ScienceWatch.com - December 14, 2012
The IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced the re-launch of ScienceWatch.com, an open, web-based resource dedicated to scientific metrics and research performance analysis. Since 1989, ScienceWatch has provided the scientific community and media professionals with data and commentary on the people, places and… Read More
